The Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland has said many employers in the property and construction sector are having difficulty filling posts. The SCSI made the claim at the launch of its first ever TV ad campaign which will kick off this evening.

A report on the commercial property market shows that the office sector has been the main driver of an exceptional year of overall investment of €4.5bn in the commercial property sector and that the recovery is now beginning to spread from Dublin to regional centres.

The Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI) has said that new residential lending rules due to be introduced by the Central bank will protect against some of the risks associated with lending but are likely to negatively impact some segments of the market.

In research conducted by RED C for the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland, it was found that seven out of ten people believe that the new 20% deposit rules for house buyers are too restrictive to buy a property.

The SCSI has welcomed the Social Housing Strategy announced today by the Minister for the Environment, Community & Local Government Alan Kelly. The SCSI stressed, however, that the measures had to be implemented as a matter of urgency.

The Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI) has welcomed a range of measures introduced in Budget ‘15 but says the immediate implementation of Construction 2020 measures is critical to meeting the housing supply shortage.